Treasure Island
An invitation from my Nephew to hang out and boondock on Treasure Island for a few days had to be accepted. Honestly, even though I lived in the SF Bay Area for 37 years, not once did I take the Treasure Island exit – so it was a mini adventure right under my nose.
Treasure Island is a man-made island in the San Francisco Bay built 1936-1937 for the 1939 Golden Gate International Expo. In the 1940’s the Navy began using the island as a Naval Station which closed in 1997. Currently is being re-developed and reborn both with housing and restaurants but much of the island is a ghost town of enormous warehouses leased by the City of San Francisco to artists, wineries, and other businesses for storage.
I spent a few nights camping near the warehouse in which my Nephew rents space. Moose and I were invited to a Thanksgiving dinner within the 40,000 square foot warehouse with the other renters an their family. We also took the time to roam around a bit to photograph the skylines and interesting things on the island.
How fun!
We’ve thought about camping there, but it always looked like we would get the middle of the night knock…
No one cares actually. There was a 26 ft Class-C there all week too and there are tons of places to park a trailer that would make it nearly invisible to everyone around. Just parking in one of the old abandon warehouse parking lots, close to the building itself, an you would simply appear to be a new tenant. Best for an over-night or two of course, but it may be possible to stay longer.